OBJECTIVE To learn the opinion of health professionals regarding the presence of family during pediatric emergency care. METHODS Cross-sectional study, performed with 46 health professionals, members of the medical and nursing team of a pediatric emergency service. The data were collected via the application of a questionnaire composed by variables related to the opinion of professionals abou...

BACKGROUND Transition to Specialty Practice Programs was introduced to facilitate the transition of nurses to specialty practice, and is recognised as preparatory for emergency nurses. Emergency nursing Transition to Specialty Practice Programs and their characteristics have developed locally in response to unit needs. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to examine the characteristics of emer...

abstract background : occupational stress is a recognized problem in health care workers .nursing has been identified as an occupation that has high levels of stress. this study aimed to investigate the sources of job stress and the adopted coping strategies of nurses who were working in accident and emergency department. methods : in this descriptive survey ninety emergency ward nurses from th...

introduction: the improvement of technology has increased noise levels in hospital wards to higher than international standard levels (35-45 db). higher noise levels than the maximum level result in patient’s instability and dissatisfaction. moreover, it will have serious negative effects on the staff’s health and the quality of their services. the purpose of this survey is to analyze the level...

PURPOSE This is an exploratory study of nursing home preparedness in South Carolina intended to: (1) examine nursing home administrators' perceptions of disaster preparedness in their facility in the absence of an immediate emergency or disaster, and changes in their views about preparedness following a large disaster; (2) study whether administrators' knowledge of shortcomings in preparedness ...

*Department of Emergency Medicine, †University of Michigan Injury Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, ‡Los Angeles Emergency Medicine Center, University of California, Los Angeles, California, §Department of Emergency Medicine, Kings County SUNY Downstate Hospitals, Brooklyn, New York, kPediatric Emergency Medicine, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York, {School ...

We built on evidence searches developed for a comprehensive systematic review of evidence about staffing in emergency departments [4]. We searched MEDLINE, CINAHL and the Cochrane Library using terms such as “substitute/nurse specialist/physician assistant/advanced practice nurse”, “skill mix”, linked with terms such as ‘‘emergency nursing’’, ‘‘Accident and emergency or emergency department’’, ...

AIM The aim of this study was to examine senior year nursing students' ability to self-assess their performance when responding to simulated emergency situations. BACKGROUND Self-assessment is viewed as a critical skill in nursing and other health professional programmes. However, while students may spend considerable time completing self-assessments, there is little evidence that they actual...